Quest for Democracy in Scientific Socialism 01

"Quest for Democracy in Scientific Socialism: From the Activities of Marx, Engels, and Lenin" (1990/by Fuwa Tetsuzo/Shin Nihon Shuppansha)

When Fuwa once mentioned at a Japanese Communist Party event that "Marx was an advocate of universal suffrage," a journalist was surprised and said, "That's an unexpected fact."
He says that this was what motivated him to write this book.
In Japan, including the mass media, probably 99% of people think that "communism = the Soviet Union's dictatorship in later years."
Also, politicians who attack communism and critics who follow the authorities always promote the idea that "communism will eliminate freedom," and unfortunately, most people believe it.
However, those who believe this probably haven't read Marx, and Marx is not taught in schools in Japan. In Japan, the ruling class and right-wingers have been attacking communism with lies since before the war.
Therefore, Japanese people continue to fear communism without having any scientific knowledge about it. Not only that, they perceive politics as scary, and 50% of Japanese voters have abandoned universal suffrage.
In this book, Fuwa cites many sources to explain how Marx and Engels were advocates of democracy.